家庭生活有关的英语词汇

1、家庭生活有关的词汇一本课要点及示例在这一课里，我们学习几个很有用的常用语，比方”打定主意“ make up one's mind, *解决“ work out, “应付” cope with等等.我们还要学习一些跟家庭生活有关系的词汇.文首先我们依照惯例听一段对话，内容说到亨利的同事南希要跟丈夫史蒂夫分居的事情.请 你注意两位英老师的发音和语调.m: kate, nancy and steve are b reaking up.f : it's reall y a shame i've heard th at they quar rel, but the y*ve al

2、ways made up afte rwardm: thi ngs are not working out this time. t hey are gett ing a separa tion soon.f:what is goi ng to happen to their da ughter, borm ie?nancym: is go ing to take her.f: the c ost of livin g is so high . it will be difficult f or her to ta ke the respo nsibility s he had bette r

3、 think the whole thing over.m: she seems to hav e made up he r mind. she said she wou id rather be a single pa rent than co pe with an u nhappy marri agef: well,i hope her parents will be able to talk her out of it.文现在我请英老师再把对话念一遍请你注意听.m: kate , nancy and steve are br eaking up.f:lt*s really a shame

4、ve heard tha t they quarr el, but they've always m ade up after wardm: thin gs are not w orking out t his time. th ey are getti nga separat ion soon.f:what is goin g to happen to their dau ghter, bonni e?nancym: is goi ng to take h er.f: the co st of living is so high.lt will be difficult fo r h

5、er to tak e the respon sibility. sh e had better think the w hole thing o ver.m: she s eems to have made up her mind. she s aid she woul d rather be a single par ent than cop e with an un happy marria ge.f: well,i hope her p arents will be able to t alk her out of it.现在老师把对话里包含了常用语的句子再念一遍给你听.m: na n

6、cy and stev e are breaki ng up.f: it's really a s hamef: they rve always m ade up after ward.m: thin gs are not w orking out t his timef:lt will be d ifficult for her to take the respons ibility.f: s he had bette r think the whole thing over.m: she seems to hav e made up he r mind.m: sh e would

7、rath er be a sing le pare nt th an cope with an unhappy marriage f:l hope her p arents will be able to t alk her out of it.二. brea k up现在我们从你刚才听到的句子里挑hl些常用语分别作练习首先我们学习break up,b-r-e- a-k u -p, break up的用法这个词组的意思就是“分裂，解散用来说人，尤其是夫妻的时候, 意思就是”分手“ 现在老师用这个词组作句子,提出一些有关南希和史蒂夫的问题，比方他们 是不是已经决定分手；他们夫妻分居或是离婚会不会

8、造成家庭分裂等等问题.这些问题学生 都一一地作肯定的答覆.在学生作练习的时候请你也一起作.m: have nancy and s teve decided to break up ?f: yes, nan cy and steve have decide d tobreak u p.m: do henr y and kate k now that the y are breaki ng up?f: yes , henry and kate know th at they are breaking up.m: are henry and kate co ncerned abou t their

9、brea king up?f: y es, henry an d kate are c oncerned abo ut their bre aking up.m:does their f amily break up when they get a separ ation?f: yes , their fami ly breaks up when they g et a separat ion.m: does their family break up wh en they divo rce?f: yes,their family breaks up w hen they div orce三.

10、 make up后下面我们练习mak e up, m-a-k-e up, make up的用法这个词组可以用来表示”和好如初 现在老师用这个词组提出一些有关南希跟史蒂夫的问题，比方”如果他们不彼此怨恨,他们会 不会和好如初呢?" would they make u p if they di dn*t resent each other?然老师提出 yes 或是 no,学生就根据他所听到的作肯定或否定的答覆.在学生作练习的时候请你也一起作.m: ha ve nancy and stevealway s made up be fore?m: yesf : yes, nancy and s

11、teve h ave always m ade up befor e.m: are the y willing to make up thi s time?m: nof: no, they are not will ing to make up this time .m: would th ey need a se paration if they were wi lling to mak e up?m: nof:no, they wo uldn't need a separation 讦 they wer e willing to make up.m:would they m ake

12、 up if th ey didn't re sent each ot her?m: yesf:yes, they w ould make up if they did n't resent e ach other.m:would it be better for their daught er if they m ade up?m: ye sf: yes, it would be bet ter for thei r daughter i f they made up.h.make up one's mindnancy下而我们学习用make u p one's

13、 mind来表示”打定主意比方有一句话："南希已经决 定不跟史蒂夫和解这句话的英文可以这样说:has made up her mind not to reco ncile with s teve.现在我们作一组代换练习学学这个常用语练习的作法是老师念一个句子，接着老师念一个 词组，学生就把词组代换到原来的句子里.这组练习里的句子都是说到南希决定怎么样处理 她的婚姻和家庭问题现在请你注意听，并且跟学生一起作练习.nancym: has m ade up her m ind to break up her marr iagem: not to reconcile with stevena

14、n cyf :has made up her mind not to rec on cile with st eve.m: to ge t a separati onnancyf: has ma de up her mi nd to get a separation.m : to be a si ngle parentnancyf :has made up her mind to be a sing le parentm:to keep her daughternancyf:has made up her mind to keep her da ughter.m: to take the re

15、 sponsibilitynancyf: has made up her mind to take the responsibil ity.五. work 0 ut下而我们学习怎么用work out, w-o-r-k o-u-t,work out.这个词红l可以用来表示”解决”；比方” 他们不能够解决彼此间的歧见."they cannot work out the ir differenc es.也可以用來表示"顺 利”；比方”他们的婚姻不顺利the ir marriage isn't workin g out.下面老师问学生一些跟南希 的婚姻生活有关系的问题每问一

16、个问题，老师就会提出yes或是no,学生就根据他所听到 的作肯定或否定的答覆在学生作练习的时候请你一起作.m : can nancy and steve wo rk out their problems?m:nof: no, na ncy and stev e cannot wor k out their problemsm:can they wor k out their differences?m: nof: no,they cannot work out the ir differenc es.m: is the ir marriage working out?m: nof: no,th

17、eir marria ge isn't wor king out.m:would it wor k out if the y didn't res ent each oth er?m: yesf:yes, it woul d work out i f they didn't resent eac h other.m: w ould it work out 讦 they rec on ciled?m: yesf: yes , it would w ork out if t hey reconcil ed.六. cope wl th下面我们学学怎么用cope with, c

18、 -o-p-e w-i-t -h, cope wit h来表示"对付"或是”应付”.比方 对付心理问题是不容易的"这句话英文可以这样说:to cope w ith psycholo gical proble ms is not ea sy.现在我们作一组代换练习,学学这种用法.首先老师念一个句子,学生跟着重复一遍, 接着老师念一个词组，学生就把词组代换到原来的句子里学生作练习的时候，请你也一起作. m: to copewith a n unhappy ma rriage is no t easy.m: si ngle pare nth oodf: to cop e

19、 with singl e parenthood is not easym: the high cost of livi ngf: to cope with the hi gh cost of i iving is not easy.m: emo tional probl emsf: to cop e with emoti onal problem s is not eas y.m: psychol ogical probl emsf: to cop e with psych ological pro blems is not easy.m: fin ancial probl emsf: to

20、 cop e with finan cial problem s is not eas y.七. had bett er下面我们学习用ha d better, h-a-d b-e-t-t-e-r, had bet ter加上原型动词来表示”最好”作某件 事情.比方妆也最好开始找个托儿所这句话英文可以这样说：she h ad better st art looking for a child-care center.现在我们作一组代换练习学学这种用法. 练习的内容是说到南希既然决定跟丈夫分居，自己带大孩子,她最好作些什么安排，比方存钱, 找公寓，找托儿所等等请你跟学生一起作练习.nancym:

21、h ad better sa ve some mone y.m: get her self a carnancyf:had better get herself a car.m: fi nd an apartm entnancyf: had b etter find a n apartment.m: start loo king for a c hild-care ce nternancyf: had better start looking for a child-car e center.m:ask her pare nts to helpnancyf :had bette r ask h

22、er pa rents to hel p.下面一组代换练习的内容是说凯特认为南希应该跟父母谈一谈，最好三思而后行等等.请你 跟刚才一样作练习.nancyf: had better talk to her pare nts.m: think the whole t hing overnancyf:had better think the wh ole thing ov er.m: work o ut the probl ems with ste venancyf: had be tter work ou t the proble ms with stev e.m: make up with st

23、evenancyf :had bette r make up wi th steve八. w ould rather最后我们学习怎么用英文来表示“宁愿怎么样也不愿意怎么样”.比方“婚姻不美满还不如分 居”having a sep aration is b etter than h aving an unh appy marriag e.这句话 nj 以换一个方式 用 would rat her, w-o-u-l -d r-a-t-h-e -r, would ra ther 加上原型动词开头的词组再加上 than , t- h-a-n, t han改成”我宁愿分居也不愿意有不美满的婚姻.”1 w

24、ould r ather have a separation than have an unhappy mar riage.下血我们作一组练习把这两种说法作一个比较.练习的作法 是南希用is bette r than说一句话，请你用南希作主语再加上w ould rather .than把句子说 出来.下面就是一个例子：f: coping with the hig h cost of li ving is bett er than copi ng with emot ional proble ms.nancym: would rather cope with the hi gh cost of

25、i iving than c ope with emo tional probl ems. 这组练习比较难,请你特别用心.每作完一句老师就会把正确答案念给你听.f: havin g a separati on is better than having an unhappy marriage.nan cym:would rathe r have a sep a rati on tha n have an unh appy marriag e.f: breakin g up with st eve is bette r than havin g quarrels w ith him.nancym

26、: would rather break up wi th steve tha n have quarr els with him f: being a single paren t is better than staying with stevenancym: would ra ther be a si ngle parent than stay wi th stevef:coping with financial pr oblems is be tter than li ving with st evenancym: woul d rather cop e with finan cial

27、 problem s than live with stevef : coping wit h the high c ost of livin g is better than coping with emotion al problemsnancym: would ra ther cope wi th the high cost of livi ng than cope with emotio nal problems . 九听短语回答问题 今天我们要听的文章谈到美国一般人的家庭和婚姻状况.请你注意听.in the past, americ an families tended to be

28、quite large parents ra ising five o r more child ren were com mon. over th e years the size of the family has d ecreased on e reason for this is an in crease in the cost of living.on th e average, c hildren atte nd schools f or more year s than they used to, mak ing them fin ancially dep endent on t

29、h eir families longer. mor eoveo child ren nowadays are better dressed and have more mo ney to spend on entertai nment. the p arents usual ly take the responsibili ty for all t he expensesmeanwhile, f amilies are less close t han they use d to be. mor e and more a merican moth ers work awa y from ho

30、me.the break u p of the fam ily occurs w hen the pare nt divorce.u.s.a lot of chil dren in the live part o f their youn g lives with only one pa rent.broken families usu ally result in problems for children and parents alike. chil dren blame t hemselves wh en their par ents separat e. they grow up feeling unsettled as they are mo ved back and forth betwe en parents.u sually one p are nt takes the resp onsi bility for r aising the c hildre n. the se sin